Walk down the main drag in any local community and talk with small business owners. Call up the leaders of some of the region’s largest employers. Head over to the kitchen or dining room of virtually any restaurant, anywhere.
Everybody’s talking about one thing: Staffing.
There is without question no hotter topic with businesses of all shapes and sizes these days than the need for employees. For many companies and organizations, the workers who left during and after the COVID-19 pandemic simply haven’t returned, and it’s leading to substantial problems.
Some outfits with years of stability are now scrounging to …